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Six fraud inspections carried out by the Tax Agency in Alicante

Yesterday, Wednesday 12th March, the Tax Agency began a concerted effort to combat a network of tax fraud in the packaging industry in nine autonomous communities, including Valencia.
The operation, called “Empaque,” entails the beginning of inspections of 15 related individuals (directors, partners, and their families) as well as 37 businesses. This Wednesday, over 195 Tax Agency representatives travelled to 43 locations in the Valencian Community (10), Madrid (2), Murcia (3), Catalonia (2), Extremadura (2), Andalusia (9), Asturias (1), Castilla-La Mancha (12), and Castilla y León (2).
Six of the Valencian Community’s 10 inspections have taken place in the Alicante province. as well as four more in Valencia, Tax Agency sources said.
Over 155 officials from the Inspection Area, including staff from the Computer Audit Units, and over 40 officials from the Customs Surveillance Service participated in Operation “Packing,” which was organised by the Tax Agency’s Inspection Department.
The inquiry started with an examination of a business in the industry, a distributor of plastic materials and packaging, for which a tax complaint submitted to the Tax Agency was especially helpful.
Unreported sales and purchases
In the course of this audit, the Inspection Department found unreported sales and purchases within a group of package manufacturing companies that provided the distributor with supplies, in addition to tax problems at the inspected company itself.
As these investigations progressed, a network of fraudulent sales transactions involving numerous organisations nationwide was discovered. It also appears that these companies employed “dual-use software” to hide their material acquisitions and sales.
The Tax Agency started this operation as a result of all these earlier steps, concentrating on the companies in the network and perhaps expanding its activities based on the results of the current audits. A study of the partners in the group of businesses chosen as the operation’s target has also been done on those who might exhibit outward displays of riches that are not consistent with their stated business endeavours. This might be the result of the entity’s covert sales that were showing up as growth in the partners’ assets.
The production of containers and plastic materials is the main driver of Spain’s packaging industry, which includes a wide range of subsectors. This industry has grown significantly, and in recent years, its turnover has hit a record level.
According to the Tax Agency, identifying fraud schemes not only results in the proper tax adjustments but also enables the fight against unfair competition from a small number of businesses in a sector with over 3,400 businesses.
The Agency can obtain information that is essential for carrying out its inspection work through these kinds of coordinated actions that are carried out at certain places (documents and accounting or auxiliary information, both on paper and in computerised information processing systems).
The Tax Agency’s control plan guidelines also stress how prudent it is to take control actions against taxpayers who report unusual or irregular changes in their inventory levels that deviate from their reported activity and suggest the possibility of hidden sales. Based on this preliminary evidence collection, the inspections that have already begun and will continue in the upcoming months will enable the study of the paperwork gathered with the goal of regularising all non-compliances found.
As of Operation “Empaque,” the Agency has carried out 25 sector-specific macro-operations that are coordinated in less than ten years. Along with making it easier to identify and regularise tax fraud, these measures also serve to discourage the organisations engaging in these acts, which have a negative effect on public coffers and significantly skew competitiveness in the targeted industry.
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Police arrested a man who sold a niche for 1,500€ that he didn’t own

An individual has been arrested by the National Police in the town of Elche, Alicante, on suspicion of engaging in fraudulent activities. An octogenarian woman had been sold a niche in the town’s historic cemetery in exchange for 1,500 euros. A niche is a small, above-ground space or recess, often within a cemetery wall or structure, where a coffin or urn is placed for burial or storage. As per the municipal registry, the victim was not the owner at the cemetery at the time she attempted to execute the change of ownership.
The investigation commenced following a complaint lodged by an 80-year-old woman from Elche. She met a man through her life insurance broker who offered to lease a niche in the old Elche cemetery for 1,500 euros.
Consequently, the victim met this individual at the same cemetery that housed the requested niche. There, the victim and the man concluded the transfer of the niche and executed a private contract that was signed by both parties, rendering the transfer effective.
The grantor of the niche transferred the deed and other ownership documents associated with it to the victim after the victim paid the agreed-upon amount.
The victim, shortly thereafter, visited the municipal registry of the city to change the ownership. She was told the change was impossible because the person who gave her the property wasn’t the owner.
The officer who assisted the victim, however, attempted to mediate through a phone contact, despite this. She reported the incident to the National Police after the transferor hung up and ceased answering calls from both the officer and the victim after she explained the case to him.
After conducting the necessary investigations, the officers responsible for the case located and apprehended the suspect for the alleged fraud.
The investigation has been assigned to the Road Safety Investigation Unit of the Benidorm Armed Forces. The driver was subjected to alcohol and substance tests by members of the group, and the area was inspected to collect evidence that would help to resolve the tragic accident that claimed the lives of a family. The driver was apprehended subsequent to preliminary investigations.
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Five injured in a two-car accident in Elche

According to the Alicante Provincial Fire Consortium and the Emergency Information and Coordination Centre (CICU), an accident between two vehicles on Avenida Algoda in Elche resulted in the injuries of five individuals: a 30-year-old man, a 19-year-old man, and three minors aged 16 on Saturday, April 19th.

A SAMU unit, an SVB, a conventional ambulance or public transport unit, a command headquarters unit (UMJ), a heavy urban fire department (BUP), a rescue van (FSV), a sergeant, a corporal, and six firefighters from the Elche fire station were dispatched to the scene upon the receipt of the call at approximately 11:35 p.m.
The driver of one of the vehicles was successfully extricated by firefighters (see above.) All of the injured sustained injuries and were transported to the General Hospital in Elche and the Vinalopó Hospital in Elche.
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“Drug Supermarket” in Denia closed by Police

Four individuals have been apprehended by National Police officers in Dénia (Alicante) for the “indiscriminate” sale of drugs under the guise of a purportedly legitimate association. Over four kilogrammes of marijuana, cannabis, cocaine, and distribution materials were confiscated during the search.
The investigation began following the identification of a potential clandestine drug trafficking organisation. According to a statement from the police headquarters, the establishment was experiencing a consistent flow of individuals at various periods of the day, despite the absence of any sign or apparent commercial activity.
The officers initiated procedures to confirm the status of the establishment in conjunction with the Judicial Police and Citizen Security Units. They verified that the establishment did not have any activity records registered at the regional level during the inspections.
They also confirmed that the establishment’s basic supplies were registered to someone possibly linked to the criminal community. The association’s manager also had a criminal record.
The police conducted a “discreet” operation that verified the regular sale of narcotics at the establishment. Lines formed outside the establishment to purchase drugs on certain days, “as if it were a genuine drug supermarket.”
“Once we obtained the necessary judicial authorisations, we conducted a search. The search revealed numerous containers labelled with marijuana, zip-lock sacks containing the same substance, and pre-made homemade cigarettes. Cocaine was consumed in some areas, and some narcotics were hidden in appliances and furniture,” said the police.
The authorities confiscated over four kilogrammes of marijuana, a lesser quantity of hashish, and a small quantity of cocaine. The search resulted in the arrest of two males, aged 42 and 22, respectively.
Despite a court order sealing off the premises, the investigation continued in an effort to identify the remaining suspects. Shortly thereafter, Denia police apprehended two more males, ages 22 and 23.
An alleged offence against public health has resulted in the arrest of the four suspects. Two of the apprehended individuals had prior convictions for comparable offences.
The Denia Court of First Instance has been informed of all the proceedings.
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